Cop hurt after being hit by car at fire scene

CORNWALL — A Cornwall police officer was injured after getting hit by a car at the scene of a car fire Wednesday night.

Tracy Baxter

CORNWALL — A Cornwall police officer was injured after getting hit by a car at the scene of a car fire Wednesday night.

State police say Officer Steven Bedetti was directing traffic on Route 32 near the Quaker Avenue intersection at around 8:30 p.m. when he was sideswiped by a passing car. The driver, Willie Davis of Highland Falls, pulled over immediately to assist the officer. Bedetti suffered a broken leg and was taken to the Cornwall campus of St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital.

Police say Davis was unable to see Bedetti standing in the road because of the thick smoke and flames from the fire. No criminal charges will be filed.